The law prohibited card rooms from increasing the number of tables they can offer as well as blocking any new card rooms from opening across the Golden State. The backstory: Courtesy of immense pressure from the state’s tribal gaming interests, California has had a moratorium on opening non-Indian gaming facilities (particularly regulated card rooms) via the Gambling Control Act of 1997.
Thanks to a twist of fate in Sacramento, pollsters are currently surveying voters about a possible expansion of Clovis’ 500 Club Casino. As it hunts for the money to hire more cops, Fresno County’s second largest city may very well find the answer in an unlikely place: a card room.
